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Harvard Commencement Address

June 3, 2021

Title: Harvard Commencement Address Date: June 24, 1920 Location: Cambridge, MA Context: As Governor of Massachusetts, Coolidge delivers the commencement address at Harvard University (Original document available here) Mr. CHAIRMAN, Mr. PRESIDENT, […]

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Proclamation, September 18, 1925

December 17, 2020

Purpose: To declare American Education Week Date: September 18, 1925 (Original document available here) Education is becoming well-nigh universal in America. The rapidity of its expansion within the past half century […]

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Harvard University Commencement

April 24, 2014

Title: Harvard University Commencement Date: June 19, 1919 Location: Cambridge, MA Context: Coolidge gives a commencement address at Harvard University reminding them of the purpose of their establishment “to be a […]

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